Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-18
0BRIEN.
He Arrives at the City
of Toronto.
HIS RECEPTION VERY WARN.
Disgraceful Actions Of the Oranges
men. How Woman stopped
a Disturber.

Associated Press Dispatches TO the HEnALn.
ToRosro. May l7.--Wiliam O,Brien,
editor of the United ireland, arrived
this morning amid scene of enthusiasm
and excitement unequaled since his en-
trance to Canada. Fully 5000 men crushed
and struggled to catch glimpse Of him.
A few attempts at hooting and Kissing
were made as be entered carriage, but
they were quickly drowned by tho
hearty cheering which went mp as he
stood up in the carriage aud said: "Throe
cheers for our friends in England and
the cause they are struggling fo,!' A
caivacade of mounted police with drawn
swords and platoon Of officers sur
rounded the carriage. The hotel was
reached without sign Of hostility, ex--
cept an occasional hoot or two from Or
angemen.
sPoILIss roE A EUcTI0N.
MONTREAL, May Everybody 10
talking about what is likely to occur At
Toronto when 0'Brien gets there. An
army of New York newspaper men are
with O'Brien, increased by representa-
tives of Chicago papers, and they are
all thoroughly prepared for riot. and
will be disappointed if it should not oc-
cur.
At the hotel 0Brien was met by a
who offered him addresses Of
welcome. La reply O'Brien made .
short speech, thanking the COMMITTEES
for their support. lie alluded to LaBds-
downe's alleged cruelty to tenants and
made an attack on the London Times.
His speech was received with cheers,
mingled with hooting and Misses.
pIsGRAcEFUL DEMONSTRATION.
TORONTO, May I7.-Never in the
worst days of the Belfast disorder Was .
scene of more disgraceful rowdyism ex-
hibited than that shown this afternoon
in Queens Park, where o crowd Of
Toronto Orangemen attempted to storml
the platform, and, failing in that. to
choke of all possibility eft MIR. O'Brien
being heard by keeping up a continual
din, groaning, hissing and cries of ssGod
Save the Queen!" and "Rule Briftaniats
Il was o'clock when the crowd had
about fully collected. and it
then seemed fair to set the number
present at $4,000. although people
kept pouring IN euch floods
from all quarters after the meeting had
begun that there were times when 20.-
900 persons would not be an over esti-
mate. Many of the banks in the city
were closed, and the students in the
were let loose. Many Of
these, with crowds of desperate looking
roughs, whose only glory in life seems
to Dc row or riot, were organized in .
compact band and excited little sus-
picion because they never said word
until their time came. The first demoa-
stration came from solitary man at the
Ieft-hand side of the platform, who
stood upon the trunk of a tree and began
groaning at the meeting and at those
on the platform as though his life de-
pended on the effort. Near him was a
woman waving green bough ia her
hand. and no sooner had she seen the
Orangeman than she ran
ihe butt of the twig down his throat.
which effectively choked off the dis
turber. Amid roar of applause from
ihe crowd and cries of .God save Ire
and, rush WAS made for the woman,
out she was among friends and snTgipg
wave of thousands drove back her would
be assassns. AT this MON ent Mr.. OBrien
arrived at the park in a carriage. $50
policemen in charge of Lieut.. Col. Gras-
sell were scattered through the crowd or
drawn up in files on the outskirts. Ser
geant Seymour was in charge of squad
1f mounted men, and when the disturb
ars attempted the breaking up of the
meeting they most determInediy took.
their place and remained there from the
beginning TO tho end of both Mr..
)Brien's and MIR. killrisge's speeches.
The policemen qnietly folded their arms
md said not word.
In all, the disturbers did not number
more than sixty persons, and many of
hem were armed with sticks. Two
ycamore trees in front of The platform
we're taken possession of by band Of
1oung roughs. who Missed out into the
peakers' faces during the greater part of
he time. until a few men among
he Nationalists caught hold of the
runks of the trees and shook the dis
,urbers to the ground.
During the progresso O'Brien's speech
many fights occurred. The 0rangemen
were always in the aggressive. The,
scenes enacted were some of the most
iisgraceful ever witnessed here.
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